US Senators and corporate world bat for stronger India-US relationship

Two influential American Senators along with leaders from the corporate world have called for strengthening ties with India including in the defence sectorWe want India and the United States to be the very best of friends with the deepest relationships Senator Steve Daines said on MondayHe was speaking at a fireside between John Chambers and Senator Dan Sullivan during the annual Leadership Summit of the US India Strategic and Partnership Forum USISPFI think globally its so important here that we have clarity around who the good guys are and how we want to perpetuate these relationships and strengthen relationships And the good guys are the United States and India the Senator from Montana saidChina is watching what we are doing with India Daines saidSenator Dan Sullivan said a lot of these countries are motivated by historical grievances I think this new era its really a return to the era of authoritarian aggression is going to be with us for years and decades to come he saidOne needs to deepen broaden and make more concrete relationships in the different areas of QUAD he said referring to the grouping of the US India Japan and AustraliaTo me the good news that exists between the USIndia relationship on the defence side can cover the whole gamut of what we need in terms of technologies but also what we need in terms of basic warfighting capability he saidSullivan said India and the US are now doing a much greater number of strategic experiences To me the good news that exists between the USIndia relationship on the defence side can cover the whole gamut of what we need in terms of technologies but also what we need in terms of basic warfighting capability First its really interesting to see how this happened but the combatant command is the top joint force he said adding that the US needed help in this fieldOur Navy is shrinking Our ability to produce Navy warships has atrophied We have a huge crisis in not only Navy shipbuilding but Navy maintenance of ships What has been happening is normally for US Navy ships to get heavyduty maintenance they come back to the United States he saidJohn Chambers chairman of USISPF said Artificial Intelligence AI presents the two countries a chance to come together closer and to have a whole vision of whats going to occurIt is really important to recognise were in this new era of authoritarian aggression thats led by Xi Jinping and Putin and the Ayatollahs in Iran and Kim Jongun in North Korea Theyre all working togetherWhen we said a year ago that India would have the largest GDP in the world a lot of people were kind of surprised To me it was simple You have a recognition You look at the population age you look at the minimums going on and it was inevitable But when you look at what can be done over the next 10 years together you begin to see a country that will lay a foundation with the US as its strategic partner to change the world in a way thats never been done before Chambers saidNot only will India become the number one economy in the world but India will probably by the end of this century and I think it will be Indias century of the future will be 90 per cent bigger than the GDP of China and probably 30 per cent bigger than that of the US he saidIts important that this relationship is defined not just purely on technology is defined on geopolitics is defined on economic opportunity but more important is defined on people to people We have roughly 51 million Indian Americans and around 12 million on H1B visas in the United States Mukesh Aghi president and CEO of USISPF saidHenry Kravis CoFounder and CoExecutive Chairman of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Co was presented with the 2024 Global Leadership Award for his unwavering commitment to enhancing the USIndia relationshipThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever